Inequalities and identity processes in crises: Recommendations for facilitating safe response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Anne Templeton; Selin Tekin Guven; Carina Hoerst; Sara Vestergren; Louise Davidson; Susie Ballentyne; Hannah Madsen; Sanjeedah Choudhury

doi:10.1111/bjso.12400

Inequalities and identity processes in crises: Recommendations for facilitating safe response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Anne Templeton, Selin Tekin Guven, Carina Hoerst, Sara Vestergren, Louise Davidson, Susie Ballentyne, Hannah Madsen, Sanjeedah Choudhury

School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences

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Structural inequalities and identity processes are pivotal to understanding public response to COVID-19. We discuss how identity processes can be used to promote community-level support, safe normative behaviour, and increase compliance with guidance. However, we caution how government failure to account for structural inequalities can alienate vulnerable groups, inhibit groups from being able to follow guidance, and lead to the creation of new groups in response to illegitimate treatment. Moreover, we look ahead to the longitudinal impacts of inequalities during pandemics and advise government bodies should address identity-based inequalities to mitigate negative relations with the public and subsequent collective protest.

Original language	English
Journal	British Journal of Social Psychology
Early online date	25 Jun 2020
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12400
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 25 Jun 2020

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

Identity processes
behaviour change
social norms
social identities
inequalities
societal inequality
leadership
collective actions
coronavirus
COVID-19

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